Princewell2012:


I have already said that, he should not allow anyone to deceive him, Nigeria is not getting any better soon. That Job is a just distraction

My heart is already in Canada. Problem is THOSE THERE! They say not yet, do this and get that first, never mind I already have my ticket!

razaeo:


Go with the job, 500k is a good amount these days

Hmmmm. This 500k you guys are hammering on is just $500 o. With all the inflations.

PoliteActivist , carry your bag and head to Canny without looking back. I won't tell you twice!

PoliteActivist:


Oh, I don't plan to stay with them long at all (it's a family), and I don't have permit to work in Canada. It'll be a hustle life at first for sure. That's part of the dilemma

Did you say you don't have permit to work in Canada? The decision is easy then. Pls I withdraw my previous advice. Don't bother going to Canada if you know you don't have the right to work.

I thought you got PR. Stay back and take the job. I didn't know you were going as temporary visitor.

Please stay back o. I can only advise you to go if you have work permit. Better stay back and accept the 500k job.

Eriokanmi:
Settle with the job, if your story is real. Open your ticket. Its valid for one year. Jettison Canada for now and use it next year on vacation, If your visa is up to 2 years minimum

This is not "story". This is my life!
All good and well but please understand I already have my ticket. The TRV is ten years or passport expiration date whichever comes first

Chetas81:
BUT WE SEE MANY NIGERIAN CITIZEN SLEEPING ON THE ROADSIDE IN CANADA, ANYWAY TRY TO DO YOUR CALCULATION VERY WELL

LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🇳🇬

Una sabi blow things out of proportion eh!

AllDModsAreMaad:
It seems your visa is a visiting one, if yes.

Take the job and make more money, I believe the job will come with periodical leave, right?

Use the leave to go explore things in Canada, come back and continue your job while still making your plans, in 1 year or two or three years, you should be able to make enough money to get you PR, and also enough experience to get that top job you seek in Canada.

But if your visa is a PR (working etc), the only option should be continuing with your trip.

I have multiple entry visitor visa and your advice is about same as those already there. But I already have my ticket and Canda ideas. That's the bleeping dilemma!

PoliteActivist:


This is not "story". This is my life!
All good and well but please understand I already have my ticket. The TRV is ten years or passport expiration date whichever comes first

Guy, you don't have a work visa. What you have is a visit visa. Stay your a.ss in Nigeria and visit when you are on vacation from your 500k job.

kunle75:



No dilemma just go to Canada and thank me later, I was in your shoes in 2017 and now my have GC and something better than what was offered back then.
Please make the move you won't regret bro

I'll definitely make the move unless...
Questiin is, now or later. Those in Naija are advising now, those in Canada later. Me, my head is already full of Cana!

NuCypher:

Guy, you don't have a work visa. What you have is a visit visa. Stay your a.ss in Nigeria and visit when you are on vacation from your 500k job.

Easy for you to say. You don't already have a ticket and head full of Cana dreams and white women

ceejayluv:

Although,I later learnt that it's a visitor Visa you have. In that case you might wanna postpone the permanent relocation. Since you got plugs for tech jobs, you can visit to try to leverage on that for a skilled worker sponsorship. Take the 500k job and fund your trips.

Thanks but I'm seriously leaning towards using this ticket NOW!

micxwell:
Are you sure you earn one million naira a month?

No mind am. He earns N1m and he can't feed a family of 3!

CloudTrees:


Forget that adage about that stupid brid o.
Canada all the way

The stupid bird is what my folks in Canada are advising me to consider, bearing in mind I only have TRV

micxwell:
Many are always leaving out the expenditure; Which is crazy right now?

I think it could be more than expenditure. There's something about Canada that sours people already there, per these posts below

rinzaugustine:
My candid advice to you as someone living in the US is this…I have watched Nigeria closely for the past 30 years or more and my observation is that things keep getting worse by day. Any problem you see today in Nigeria I assure you will never get solved but will only get worse . I remember how as kids graduate unemployment problem started small small under Shagari , today jobs are almost non existent, problem of NEPA started with taking light for a few minutes from the mid 80s to today no light at all, cultism in universities started with break bottles on head in early 90s to full blown killings in campuses, water corporations had taps running back then until the problems started manifesting in the early 90s today , states water corporation is dead with every now digging boreholes without minding the environmental damage in future, kidnapping for ransom started around 2005 with Niger delta groups kidnapping oil workers for money, today it has spread to every where in the country including all the major highways and villages, problem of Nigeria’s refineries started around mid 90s , ordinary to repair refineries every country does have had Nigeria spend hundreds of billions of dollars with no single result that Nigeria is now importing petroleum finished products 100% now etc . In essence for the past 30 years any problem you see today will never get solved but will get worse and out of hand as the years go. Many Nigerians seem to live in the same fools paradise that Nigeria will get better lol. Nigeria seems like a nation that’s cursed to get worse everyday why? I followed the campaigns of late Abiola and recently Obi and those men unlike other leaders I have seen before had a grasp of the real problems of Nigeria but were rigged out. My advice to you go for Canada. You get your PR after a few years and citizen after 3 years. It offers you endless opportunities. You can still find an IT job that allows you work remotely that way you can travel to Nigeria or anywhere in the world and work from there assuming you no longer like Canada…most importantly secure your future. Nigeria doesn’t offer you anything including job security and no labor laws . The way the economy is now heading to $2,000 a dollar that 500k will now become less than 250k …there is no future today in Nigeria and if you miss this opportunity it will become harder for you to leave because the country is getting worse by day..Good luck 🍀

Thanks for your mature, very thoughtful advice. Serious food for thought. My intention was never to stay permanently in Nigeria. The only question is now or later. I also intentionally left out that the salary quickly goes to N1.5M.
Also what do you think of these screenshots above - people moving back from Canada

FreeIgboho:


Sir you haven’t replied my dm. There is something important I want to discuss with you sir

I've received several dm's. I made it clear I generally don't do dm's. I don't see what we can't discuss on this thread.
Also I'm a young like you, not sir. All those sir make me suspicious and nervous😎

PoliteActivist:


Thanks for your mature, very thoughtful advice. Serious food for thought. My intention was never to stay permanently in Nigeria. The only question is now or later. I also intentionally left out that the salary quickly goes to N1.5M.
Also what do you think of these screenshots above - people moving back from Canada

many a times Nigerians will not tell you the truth only the version they want you to believe. People can leave canda for various reasons. Apart from people from comfortable families back home , those ones leaving might have saved up to 10-20m or more and want to return home to invest but won’t tell you that and also remember they have a safety net if their plan’s doesn’t work out- they can return to Canada. The main reason that make most of us want to go back home is not even what you think and most won’t tell you. It’s the work. Here work is different from Nigeria and comes with much pressure. When your job is 8 hours you must give them that 8 hours and anytime your performance drops they fire you immediately without notice- the mortgage from your big mansion, car notes from your 2023 Mercedes’ , phone bills , different kinds of insurance etc are tied to that job so if you lose that job, you must find another good paying one within a month or you lose everything and file for bankruptcy and it moves very fast. You know most Nigerians work hard but do cherish the idea of doing this till they are 65 years..food is thrown away daily here in US , healthcare top notch and every good life you can imagine here but that work life that never stops makes us think of back home to rest from that crazy work life but for your own you can make good money from IT, live below your means, save money for some years and return to Nigeria after to work in IT remotely or invest in a business

As someone who works in recruitment in Canada,please don't try to relocate with a visitor visa,it will be very difficult to change your status, especially during this time of the year.i would say you should take up the Nigerian job,and then visit Canada during the summer time. The job market slows down during this time of the year(winter),so to get a company to sponsor you,will be the most difficult thing as there are thousands of people looking for Lmia right now in Canada.

tensazangetsu20:


Wow since I was born I am 27 now I have never experienced steady electricity till I left Nigeria. I always thought it was like that. I am surprised.

that’s the problem of Nigeria it keeps worse everyday in the early 80s most European companies had their companies in Nigeria . Nothing like tokunbo. My dad bought his two cars 504 and beetle with water proof on seats every thing new but by 92/93 he bought his next car as tokunbo Mercedes product. Nigeria always had bad leaders but Babangida was the worst. I remember under him prices of things sky rocketed in the market, many foreign companies like bata where my dad got school shoes for us left, Uk cancelled the free visa to Nigerians under him, a lot of Nigerians including professors starting escaping to Europe and America, mushroom banks that collect people’s deposit and vanish due to his policy, he was killing journalists too who write about him with his devil and power hungry wife Maryam. Babangida is the worst president of Nigeria and did most damage than any other president

PoliteActivist:


I've received several dm's. I made it clear I generally don't do dm's. I don't see what we can't discuss on this thread.
Also I'm a young like you, not sir. All those sir make me suspicious and nervous😎

Twale boda mi. Ma binu. Only being discrete. Not everything is meant for public consumption. I look forward hearing from you

rinzaugustine:
that’s the problem of Nigeria it keeps worse everyday in the early 80s most European companies had their companies in Nigeria . Nothing like tokunbo. My dad bought his two cars 504 and beetle with water proof on seats every thing new but by 92/93 he bought his next car as tokunbo Mercedes product. Nigeria always had bad leaders but Babangida was the worst. I remember under him prices of things sky rocketed in the market, many foreign companies like bata where my dad got school shoes for us left, Uk cancelled the free visa to Nigerians under him, a lot of Nigerians including professors starting escaping to Europe and America, mushroom banks that collect people’s deposit and vanish due to his policy, he was killing journalists too who write about him with his devil and power hungry wife Maryam. Babangida is the worst president of Nigeria and did most damage than any other president

To think a lot of people would compare the babangida regime as heaven to the satanic agbado one

PoliteActivist:


I'll definitely make the move unless...
Questiin is, now or later. Those in Naija are advising now, those in Canada later. Me, my head is already full of Cana!

Follow your mind bro

PoliteActivist:
I already have my plane tickets o, and been planning my life in Canada oo!
Didn't think I'd actually land the job at all! 500K a month plus housing, car, health and life insurance benefits.
Why is life always like this??!! In serious dilemma what to do

If you’re coming into Canada with visitor’s visa, my dear abort mission straight or else you will regret it and go back to Naija empty handed.

Skyview01:


I have experienced both. 12years in Canada and presently in Nigeria. The heat is honestly too much and i don't know how people sleep without an AC in Nigeria. I for sure would not be able to sleep.

Ok, good for you o.

2Radii:


Bros please, enlighten me more on the bold text cus that is my dream as well....enlighten me bro..


And secondly sir, is it possible for one to get a truck training almost immediately over there even when one has no prior experience??

Get a G licence in Nigeria, you will use it to enter truck training school in Canada. Tuition fee for the truck training school is just about 5,000 dollars... After the certificate, I will not give you 100% assurance but I can assure you that you are in a better position of securing a Truck driving Job faster with your visiting visa....

Please forget about using visiting visa to get a tech Job in Canada, reason is, there are thousands of citizen, PR, Work permit holders that can fill up any tech openings....

PoliteActivist:


Oh, it is multiple entry. I can be in Canada for six months at a time, valid for 10 years

If i where you i will collect the job, spend three months, have meeting with the management to allow me work remotely for three months. You may end up doing half year in both countries.

DIVINEEVIDENCE:


OP no vex abeg.

What tech job are you doing that fetches you N500k?
Been wanting to dive into Tech but have been at a loss over what to study with full assurance.

Oh, said that right at the beginning
Software development, "software development support analyst" in this particular case. And the salary quickly goes to 1m, then 1.5m

ogawisdom:


Even if its 2m monthly

If I hear say you miss this opportunity for mere less than 500usd that will move to less than ,400 USD before long.

Canada is the easy pick here

My reasoning also. Bu actually the salary quickly goes to 1m then 1.5. Decided not to mention that here, also because I never intended to stick around

PoliteActivist:


Thanks but I'm seriously leaning towards using this ticket NOW!

Well, life's all about taking risks..

rinzaugustine:
many a times Nigerians will not tell you the truth only the version they want you to believe. People can leave canda for various reasons. Apart from people from comfortable families back home , those ones leaving might have saved up to 10-20m or more and want to return home to invest but won’t tell you that and also remember they have a safety net if their plan’s doesn’t work out- they can return to Canada. The main reason that make most of us want to go back home is not even what you think and most won’t tell you. It’s the work. Here work is different from Nigeria and comes with much pressure. When your job is 8 hours you must give them that 8 hours and anytime your performance drops they fire you immediately without notice- the mortgage from your big mansion, car notes from your 2023 Mercedes’ , phone bills , different kinds of insurance etc are tied to that job so if you lose that job, you must find another good paying one within a month or you lose everything and file for bankruptcy and it moves very fast. You know most Nigerians work hard but do cherish the idea of doing this till they are 65 years..food is thrown away daily here in US , healthcare top notch and every good life you can imagine here but that work life that never stops makes us think of back home to rest from that crazy work life but for your own you can make good money from IT, live below your means, save money for some years and return to Nigeria after to work in IT remotely or invest in a business

Thanks again for your post. So much info to glean from it. Yes, many Nigerians over there won't tell you the truth. Almost like they don't want you to come and enjoy like them. Or maybe there are things like work pressure that truly sour them. That and debt like you said. As for me, what concern me is the cold as cold weather - makes me sick. That and the racism y'all keep talking about

greggng:


Let me tell you this little story . We were two friends ...We decided to buy land on same location ...I started building my own house while he built bq and fenced his own. One day this guy called me to infirm me that he wants to sell that land and move to Canada. I was angry with him but he remained adamant . Yes I completed my house but thus guy has bought 3 houses ever since he left . He has taken his wife and kids to Canada...infact today I can't even stand where he is. standing . This is personal experience..pls don't make my mistake

Whenever there is this type of story abroad people rush in to say the person must be into illegality in one form or another. They almost ate up.one guy who said within two years he had two hotels and several student hostels

airprince:


Can I ask?
Is It the Canada digital nomad visa?

TRV

PoliteActivist:


No mind am. He earns N1m and he can't feed a family of 3!

Things are complicated right now but not as bad as not being able to get by with 1million naira.